Frogman,
Thanks! The funny thing is, you linked to the very dragonfly I was trying to identify last year, the blue dasher. I wasn't sure that is what it was until just now. I said this in another thread. This weekend I was face to face with a female hovering about 18inches away from my head (as I cleaned up the pond) laying eggs in a partially submerged lily pad. She ignored me and laid eggs for several minuets. I assumed that it was the female version of my resident blue dasher since that is the only dragon fly he did not chase away. Now that I have seen this link I can confirm that the female looked exactly like the ones pictured.
I had seen this site before but couldn't figure out how to narrow down my search to come up with the name. I was just fumbling around. I am probably just missing something. . .